leaders such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin have used propaganda as a means of gaining power. Similarly‚ In 1984‚ George Orwell creates the character Big Brother as a leader who already has power over his people‚ but needs a way to preserve. By causing distrust in the community through the use of thought manipulation and telescreens‚ Big Brother is able to establish totalitarian rule over the people. The thought police is responsible for causing disunity in the community and this allows it to be
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memories of past events. Throughout the novel‚ 1984‚ there are several songs that can relate to the ideas and phenomenon’s in the life of Winston Smith and the others involved in the novel. Winston thought he was well liked by many‚ but in a blink of an eye he was being betrayed. There are many songs that can relate to the novel from a various amount of singers. To begin‚ a song that can be used to describe Winston and Julia’s relationship is “If It Ain’t Love” by Jason Derulo. There is a particular line
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One Cannot Escape Big Brother In 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ society is portrayed as having lost all traces of individuality‚ creative thought‚ and love and humanity. This “Negative Utopia” depicts the possibility of the future despair of the human race whilst warning readers of the dangers of totalitarianism. The overlying mood in 1984 is the bleakness of the future of the human race. The main character though‚ Winston Smith‚ is caught in this society that is dedicated to conformity with a mind full
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through Winston’s eyes. We are able to keenly feel his sense of isolation and misery‚ as a result of this narrative technique the audience is able to relate with Winston and root for him. However‚ by using third person we are more distanced from Winston than we would be a first person narrator. This creates the feeling of watching someone else‚ who we see ourselves in‚ navigate the precarious world of 1984 instead of feeling like we ourselves are navigating it through the eyes of some character.
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Big Brother’s Influence In the novel Big Brother plays the role of not only a leader but the controller. He is not like a president that people view as a political leader that has ideas to help the country‚ but more like a leader who controls everything you do‚ when you do it‚ and how it should be done. Whether or not the citizens realize what Big Brother really controls and how much power he actually possesses doesn’t change the fact that his main role is the controller. Big Brother himself may
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Domination through Limitation In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the setting nation of Oceania is being governed by a totalitarian entity known as Big Brother. To exert his authority‚ Big Brother has placed censorship on nearly all aspects of society. Big Brother banned sexual activity‚ modifies all public news and programs‚ monitors the activities of the general public‚ and even goes so far as to censor an entire language by making people convert to a new speaking system. This is done as a precaution; a necessary
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Oceania. One of these people is Winston‚ a government worker at the Ministry of Truth. The Ministry of Truth alters history‚ art‚ news‚ and literature to be more suitable for the government’s beliefs. In this society people are constantly watched by Big Brother‚ the head of the government. Also‚ the government controls the people through the Thought Police‚ a group that regulates the population’s thoughts. Additionally‚ there are telescreens in every house which keep track of dialogue and are constantly
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One of the main questions of the novel 1984 is could Big Brother fall. There are many possibilities that contribute to the thought of the fall of Big Brother. Such as the way Big Brother pushes people around like Winston to make them want to rebel. One proven fact in history is that most totalitarian governments do not last such as Nazi Germany‚ the Soviet Union. The fact they are always at war with one of the other main super powers. "But the proles‚ if only they could somehow become conscious
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Example: “They were rats” (Orwell 283). Function: One of Winston’s biggest fear were rats‚ and later that’s how he surrenders to Big Brother. In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four everyone has a “rat”and that’s how Big Brother took control over everyone’s “rat”. However. Big Brother can be the rat to many people‚ and that’s how Winston was able to mutineer against Big Brother. Imagery: descriptive images Example: "He looked around the canteen. A low ceilinged‚ crowded room‚ its walls grimy from the contact
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to rebel from Big Brother. Towards the middle of the book‚ Winston meets and falls in love with Julia. Winston and Julia believe that they are sneaking around behind Big Brothers back undetected. However we find out later that they have been betrayed and turned in. After being beaten‚ they separate the two and drag them to the Ministry of Love. This incident affects both Julia and Winston‚ they have to be separated and tortured to wipe away any rebelling thoughts about Big Brother. Once they have
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